Spool-holder



(ModeL) M. S. KEATOR.

SPOOL HOLDER.

No. 362,972, Patented May 1'7, 1887 Fries.

ATENT MAYO SANDS KEATOR, OF

GHENEYVILLE, LOUISIANA.

SPOOL=HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 362,972, dated May 17, 1887.

Application filed January 4, 1887. Serial No. 223,411. l\[odel.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DIAYO SANDS KnA'roR, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cheneyville, in the parish of Rapides and State of Louisiana, have invented a new and useful Spool-Holder, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in spoolholders; and it consists of a center plate having a parallel and right-angled finger.

The object of my invention is to hold a spool for any purpose that may be desired by the operator. 1 attain this object by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure l is a view of the blank; Fig. 2, a side view of the spool with the holder applied, and Fig. 3 a view of the finger for holding the spool seated therein and bent to the required form. Fig. 4. shows a modification of the blank.

Similar letters refer to like out the drawings.

Referring to the drawings, the center plate, A, is made of any desirable shape, preferably heart, and of anysuitable material, preferably metal. Projecting from the center plate, A,are fingers Eand F, which are a part thereof, one at the narrow end and the other at the broad end of the heart. E, the finger at the narrow end of the center plate, is bent parallel to the center plate, with the exception of being slightly bowed at m, Fig. 2, to give it elasticity.

parts through- The remainder of the finger is slightly dished to give it rigidity. F, the finger at the broad end of the center plate, is bent at right angles to the center plate, and is made of sufficient length to accommodate the spool. here it 0 joins thecenter plate there are cuts D D, made on each side, and another cut, B, extends half the length of the finger.

This divides half the finger into two smaller ones, i 2. These have their ends rounded. From where the finger Fjoins the center plate up to s, Fig. 1, it is turned or made cylindrical. The smaller fingers, t t, are left flat to act as springs. Said springs have shoulders 11, bent outward (see Fig. 3) to prevent the spool from slipping oft. The ends of said shoulders are turned up to make convenient the adjustment or removal of the spool by pressing the springs together and then pushing the spool on or oii'.

The arrangement of this spool-holder may be modified (see Fig. 4) by employing two or more fingers, F, for holding two or more spools. This would necessitate the widening of the center plate, A, and arranging the fingers on each side.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

1. As an article ot' manufacture, a spoolholder made from a blank of sheet metal, consisting ofa center plate, A, having an attachingfinger, E, formed as described, and a rightangled finger, F, provided with smallerfingers orsprings, it, having shoulders H, with turnedup ends, substantially as set forth.

2. As an article of manufacture, a spoolholder made from a blank of sheet metal, consisting ot'a center plate, A, having an attachingfinger, E, formed as described, and two rightangled fingers, F, arranged on the side of the MAYO SANDS KEATOR. XVitnesses:

R. O. CLEBURNE, SAM. BLUM.

center plate, provided with smaller fingers or 7 5 

